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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education enable students all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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